We are not here for those who try to use Martin Luther King and his legacy as some sort of prop to make "thugs" and "criminals" act right. It is a tired argument and it is a tired discussion. People need to stop appropriating Martin Luther King's legacy in order to justify their white supremacist viewpoints and their refusal to recognize the fact that we are living in a militarized police state in which African American men and women are inordinately subjected to police brutality. A country where it is ok for a police officer to shoot a black person down in the street and then plant a weapon on them. A country where any white person (or white presenting person) with a gun can engage in a little vigilante justice and murder a "thug" (code word for nigger) in cold blood. We ache for our sisters and brothers who have lost their lives to police brutality and institutional racism. We are sick and fed up with the decision of many to either ignore the problem that is occurring or pat themselves on the back for their upholding of a racist and militarized police state. We are also fed up with those individuals within this fight who are more than willing to go out and protest for our murdered brothers, but are not willing to do the same for our sisters. And as we have written before, we are fed up with those who refuse to fight for or recognize the contributions of queer and trans people of color. We are suspicious of any black liberation ideology that is not encompassing of all peoples of the African diaspora in this country, and view it as collusion in white supremacy. Let it be known.

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